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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 6, 2014

Measure would remedy ban on ex-judges' public service work

A new bill would amend a controversial rule that prohibits judges from taking public-sector employment until the end of their official terms - even if they retire far in advance.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Judges blocked under state law from taking jobs in the public sector after they retire are cheering a bill that would end that restriction.


Currently, judges can retire before their term is up and take a private sector job almost immediately. But bench officers are barred from taking any public sector post until their appointed term is up - a span of time that can be many years if they retire before the...

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